Following the jury sessions, Academy Ambassador Leopold Hoesch, together with WDR and Piv Bernth, hosted a reception at the Marienburg in Cologne.
The 2019 Semi-Final Judgings of the International Emmy Awards were supported by the Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia, WDR, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and the Landesanstalt für Medien NRW (LfM). All set-up and technical equipment for the evening was provided by MMC Filmstudios in Cologne. Other sponsors of the evening were Apple Tree Productions, the Excelsior Hotel Ernst and the Filmlounge.